Game detail: 23 Dec 2023, Sheffield Steelers - Cardiff Devils

23 Dec 2023, 19:00 | Regular season | Sheffield Arena

Sheffield Steelers

4-0

Cardiff Devils

Periods:
Shots:

1-0
(11-4)

0-0
(8-7)

3-0
(11-5)

Total: 30-16

Referees: Wells/Dalton | Spectators: 6827

12:17	\|	home	\|		\|	1-0	\|	Brien Diffley (Mikko Juusola)
42:05	\|	home	\|		\|	2-0	\|	Brett Neumann (Patrick Watling, Kevin Tansey)
48:55	\|	home	\|		\|	3-0	\|	Dominic Cormier (Patrick Watling, Mikko Juusola)
51:30	\|	home	\|	PPG	\|	4-0	\|	Mitchell Balmas (Colton Saucerman, Marc-Olivier Vallerand)

Sheffield Steelers

Cardiff Devils

Name		G		A		PIM
Scott Allen	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Mitchell Balmas	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Daniel Ciampini	\|		\|		\|		\|
Dominic Cormier	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Brien Diffley	\|	1	\|		\|	2	\|
Robert Dowd	\|		\|	0	\|		\|
Mikko Juusola	\|		\|	2	\|		\|
Brett Neumann	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Niklas Nevalainen	\|		\|		\|		\|
Josh Nicholls	\|		\|		\|		\|
Colton Saucerman	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Cole Shudra	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Mark Simpson	\|		\|		\|		\|
Kevin Tansey	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Marc-Olivier Vallerand	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Patrick Watling	\|		\|	2	\|		\|
Brandon Whistle	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name				PIM
Brandon Alderson	\|	\|	\|		\|
Jamie Arniel	\|	\|	\|		\|
Ryan Barrow	\|	\|	\|		\|
Joshua Batch	\|	\|	\|	2	\|
Riley Brandt	\|	\|	\|		\|
Tyler Busch	\|	\|	\|		\|
Trevor Cox	\|	\|	\|		\|
Justin Crandall	\|	\|	\|		\|
Marcus Crawford	\|	\|	\|	2	\|
Ben Davies	\|	\|	\|		\|
Evan Mosey	\|	\|	\|		\|
Chad Pietroniro	\|	\|	\|	2	\|
Mark Richardson	\|	\|	\|		\|
River Rymsha	\|	\|	\|		\|
Cole Sanford	\|	\|	\|	12	\|
Cole Ully	\|	\|	\|		\|
Joshua Waller	\|	\|	\|		\|
Bode Wilde	\|	\|	\|		\|

Sheffield Steelers

Cardiff Devils

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Matthew Greenfield	\|	16	\|	0	\|	60:00	\|	100.00
Angus Laing	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Ben Bowns	\|		\|		\|		\|
Tyler Wall	\|	30	\|	4	\|	60:00	\|	86.67

Sheffield Steelers went four points clear at the top of the Elite League standings, with two games in hand, thanks to a shutout win over Cardiff Devils.

Matt Greenfield stopped all 16 shots he faced on a night where the Steelers put in four at the other end.

Cardiff had the better of the possession and chances in the early part of period one, but fell behind to Brian Diffley's first goal of the season for the Steelers. Brett Neumann made it 2-0 with a perfect shot between Tyler Wall's blocker and pad 2:04 into period three after the hosts had survived two penalty kills in the second.

If that goal hadn't wrapped up the game, Dominic Cormier's at 48:55 did, after which the Devils began taking some unnecessary penalties. They were punished for their indiscipline at 51:30 when Mitchell Balmas beat Wall with a fly-by screen in front of him to finish the game's scoring.

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